Cheryl Balian

The CIO who breaks out the budget hatchet in a tough economy may be hurting—not helping—the companys business. And, if there was ever a time when draconian technology budget cuts became the norm, it was last year. “2001 was the first time weve seen IT budgets going into steep decline, and there were many knee-jerk […]

The recent spate anthrax-laced letters have put the United States Postal Service squarely on the front lines of the bio-terrorism battlefield. A special task force looking at ways to better secure the U.S. mail this week released recommendations that included broadening the use of information technology to make it easier to trace the source of […]

President Bush late last month called for greater government use of the Internet to improve efficiency. The Federal Highway Administration was already on the job with several Web-based portals up and running, and more are slated to go live in coming months. The goal of the FHWAs portal building spree, which has resulted in the […]

With the U.S. economy moving in fits and starts, companies are experiencing a seismic shift in their IT workloads. The old challenge for IT project managers—keeping development teams motivated and advancing—has given way to a new quandary: whether retaining a full-time IT staff is a cost-efficient, productive way to execute key development projects. Some companies […]

From Madison Avenue to Silicon Valley, Web marketers have watched as GIF banner ads on Web sites have failed to deliver many concrete sales. A recent Forrester Research Inc. report said banner ads were the least effective way to bring buyers to travel Web sites. The Cambridge, Mass., market researcher ranked banner ads below e-mail […]